WE WANT EUROPE IN ARTSAKH

17 July 2017

On July 14, AGBU Armenia hosted a press briefing and a public discussion to present AGBU Europe’s campaign for the European Union to engage in Artsakh (Nagorno Karabakh) Republic. The speakers - Artsakh Human Rights Defender Ruben Melikyan, AGBU Armenia Executive Director Talar Kazanjian, AGBU Europe Director Nicolas Tavitian (live from Brussels), and Coordinator of the Federation of Armenian Organizations in Belgium Shahnur Minasyan - presented the goals of the campaign and how the support of the relevant institutions...

AGBU ARMENIA LAUNCHES EU-FUNDED BRIDGE4CSOS PROGRAMME

26 June 2017

June 26, 2017, Yerevan, Armenia – The Armenian General Benevolent Union (AGBU) Armenia has officially launched its BRIDGE for CSOs programme implemented in partnership with the Eurasia Partnership Foundation and financed by the European Union. The three-year programme with a total budget of EUR 2.2 million aims to strengthen the capacity of Armenian civil society organisations (CSOs) to better respond to citizens' needs...

CAREER OPPORTUNITY IN ARMENIA: “YES ARMENIA” SENIOR PROGRAMME MANAGER

26 June 2017

The Centre for Strategic Initiatives (www.reforms.am) is seeking a Senior Manager for the “YES Armenia” Programme, which will engage 20 young experts from Armenia and abroad in working on Government’s strategic initiatives in the Centre and various ministries and other institutions for 12-month period starting from September 2017. The Programme is supported by the European Union in Armenia...

PRE-ANNOUNCEMENT FOR “YOUNG EXPERTS SCHEME - ARMENIA” PROGRAMME

23 June 2017

The public sector in Armenia is in need for urgent reforms. The Government of Armenia is currently working on modernisation of the civil service to make it more open, flexible and dynamic, but above all – professional and attractive for young talent. In Armenia and Diaspora, there is plentiful of expertise and know-how among those who have studied and worked in Armenia or abroad...

WE WANT EUROPE IN NAGORNO-KARABAKH

15 June 2017

Nagorno-Karabakh is a landlocked mountainous territory in the South Caucasus, home to 150 000 people. It is one of several unrecognized states that emerged from the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991 and it is one of the most disadvantaged areas in Europe. The inhabitants of this small territory have been under blockade for more than 20 years. The Republic of Azerbaijan claims sovereignty over Nagorno-Karabakh and sought to isolate it from the outside world; this has caused considerable hardship....